If you own property in or around Fairfax, plumbers in the locality might offer some money or trauma-saving tips. In a community minded city like Fairfax, plumbers are more than happy to share tips with the view to saving you money. Here are just a few.

Hit problems early and hard

Just as is the case with health, it usually wont pay to ignore symptoms of troubles in your plumbing. Any hopes that they will sort themselves out are likely to be dashed.
Its also often the case that the longer you ignore problem symptoms, the greater the potential damage that might be accruing and the bigger the sums youll have to pay to sort it out eventually. So, call an expert in when you have a slight problem rather than wait for it to become a catastrophe.

Get to know your system

Nobody is suggesting you need to turn yourself into an expert, but making the effort to understand the basic components of your system, what they do and how they work, might prove very useful. It may help you to keep your plumbing well-maintained, at least in householder terms and that could end up saving you money.

Think economy

While your metered water probably isnt your biggest monthly bill, its most likely still a non-trivial hit on your finances. There are a huge number of steps you can adopt to reduce your consumption without necessarily making radical changes to your lifestyle.

Around Fairfax, plumbers will be happy to offer further advice and guidance on this one.

Look out for winter

Although winters in Northern Virginia might not be as severe, on average, as those of further north, even so they can be challenging for plumbing. So, once fall is starting to look as if its thinking about changing to winter, start to prepare:

Make sure you know where all shut-off valves are.
Check the insulation of all of your pipes particularly those that are external or in unheated areas of your property.
If youre leaving your property unoccupied and unheated for a spell of some days, shut off the water and think about draining down any heating or water storage systems.
If you can do so safely, when youre away from home during the winter, try to leave the heating on a very low occasional setting to avoid the intrusion of frost.
Read up and learn how to deal with frozen pipes safely.

Resist the siren calls of helpful neighbors

Were all watching our dollars these days, which is fine, but be careful about letting well-intended folk loose on your plumbing. Many local tradespeople will have an entire repertoire of stories relating to how theyve spent lots of time (and therefore lots of their customers money) trying to sort-out the mess made by amateurs and Sunday-afternoon DIY-ers. Pay a few dollars and get the job done professionally first time. In Fairfax, plumbers arent so expensive as to make it worthwhile taking big risks with your peace of mind.